All taxes are collected by the state agencies mentioned, who then distribute them to the local authorities, municipalities and the church parishes, and social security institution Kela.
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Taxes are collected from church members by local church parishes belonging to the two official churches, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and Finnish Orthodox Church, and two country-wide Lutheran parishes, the German parish in Finland and Olaus Petri parish for citizens of Sweden living in Finland.
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Suomi-lisä, the "Finland surcharge", occurs when a seller exploits the poor competition and high barriers to entry (due to regulation and taxation) in Finland to price a good higher (e.g. 51 € on PlayStation 3 vs. price in equally taxing Sweden); today applies especially to electronics, but used to refer to the high mortgage interest rates charged before late 1980s-early 1990s banking deregulation